Autumn Tears
Absolution
[Dark Symphonies]


Ted and friends give us some dark gothic music that the true metal heathen should avoid, because there is no metal at all in this. What Autumn Tears does offer is emotionally varied keyboard and vocal compositions that rarely fail to entertain this fan of gothic-ish and doomish music in general. Actually, Absolution is a little more straightforward and "song-like" than previous efforts, making it a bit more palatable, not necessarily better mind you, but also not necessarily worse. Plus, I'm a sucker for female vocalists and AT delivers in that department with two broads (plus the occasional harmony from Ted). The trollops trade off vocal parts, and they're both good. Sometimes they could be just a tad bit less flat - as if they are just hair off - but no big deal because it happens very rarely. To sum up, I'm not familiar with this genre of music, so I'm not sure whom to compare them to, or if that's even possible. I dig stuff like Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Weltenbrand, most Cold Meat stuff, and I dig Autumn Tears. That doesn't help much, I know, but lick me. (Note: the sarcasm is easily lost in this medium - the "broads" and "trollops" thing is just a joke. I love and respect my wife, sister and mother (touching, isn't it (no pun intended)). And no, I'm not overly inbred . . just a little bit)


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